Happy Thanksgiving! We developed a neat contraption for cooling off the cherry pie

What do landscapes, in their fullest sense, do in literature? Join us for "Literary Landscapes After the Spatial Turn" as we try to figure out (w)here we are at ACLA 2026—paper proposals due Oct. 2! www.acla.org/seminar/ea7c...

Reflecting on some of my life choices

Happy Bastille Day from the rive gauche (of the Schuylkill)

My own presentation was about how periodical sketches by Leigh Hunt and Dickens mediated the effects of London's urban development as it blurred spatial boundaries and class lines—and offer ways of reading how histories of civil unrest are overwritten by civic development #RSVP2025 #VoicesVisions

Had a wonderful time at my first #RSVP in Chicago—hearing great talks and viewing some archival treasures at the Newberry and Poetry Foundation!

Happy May Day from Boz—and Bernie

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Figured out a way to make grading take literally forever, thought it might be helpful to share

"The Country, the City, and the Suburbs" convened at NeMLA yesterday with a full slate of great papers and generative discussion. ("Sterile, tedious, and vulgar"?—it was anything but!) Thanks to our presenters and all who joined us. @ruthquante.bsky.social

Dispatch from suburbia

My valentine's day present!

Today I taught what's probably my very favorite group of poems to teach, when I talk about the relationship between the poet, poet-speaker, and addressee

Big milestones for me this week: no more ALL-GRAD emails, no more student access to Penn libraries

Definitely shouldn't have left these behind at Still North Books in Hanover NH last month!

Teaching Thoreau's journals & visit to the campus farm—a highlight from October

A visitor